Quiet has many moods. When our sons are home, their energy is palpable. Even when they’re upstairs sleeping I can sense them, can feel the house filling with their presence, expanding like a sail billowed with air. I love the dawn stillness of a house full of sleepers, love knowing that within these walls our entire family is contained and safe, reunited, our stable four-sided shape resurrected.
~ Katrina Kenison, Magical Journey: An Apprenticeship in Contentment
Notes: Photo: Mennyfox55
A beautiful sound.. you just have the best quotes for the best times.
Happy Thanksgiving, David.
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It is. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
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Thanks. It was last month 😉 and I had to work…
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Well then, do it again!
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Hah! I’ll go see “Come From Away” – the musical about how Gander, NF took in all those planes during 9/11 – how ’bout that?
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👍👍👍👍
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With a little supper before…
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a comforting feeling like no other
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It is Beth. Happy Thanksgiving.
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I hope your house is filled with the sound of sleeping silences…Happy Turkey Day to you, Susan, your kids and all you hold close
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It is Mimi. Thank you. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
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Love this, pal! Katrina has it just right. Sending you a boatload of good wishes this Thanksgiving….
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She does. Happy Thanksgiving Lori.
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I love that quote David for that’s how I truly feel this morning! Thanks for sharing! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
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Me too Yvonne. Happy Thanksgiving.
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I agree with Dale – the best quotes that create the best of times.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and all you hold dear and near.
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You too Louise. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Beautifully true!
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It is!
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“Like a sail billowed with air.” ❤
Happy Thanksgiving to you, your beautiful Susan, and everyone. 🙏🏻
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Thank you Sawsan. Happy Thanksgiving to you too!
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I wish I could write like that; she expresses my feeling perfectly. Happy Thanksgiving, David!
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Me too Jim. Happy Thanksgiving.
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thanks, David.
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You’re so right Jim. That’s why we have Dave & his blog…. He always offers us the best from the rest.
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awwww….
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indeed he does!
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Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.
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And to you too!
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Happy Thanksgiving, dear David, Thank you, Love, nia
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Thank you Nia. And to you and your family too!
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Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, my friend! 🙂
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Thank you Marina! Happy Holidays to you!
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🙂 Thank you, Dave! 🙂
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Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, DK.
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Thanks Anneli. Happy Holidays to you too.
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TY,DK.
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Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! We are all so blessed…I love how you have made Katrina Kenison’s passage and the solitary lite window image an Annual Post! Katrina Kenison’s words Murmur Love, Thankfulness and Contentment…/// It actually snowed and stuck here yesterday…then it warmed up and melted…the trees on the low mountain and the butte looked like a picture postcard…was an opportunity to Stop,Be Still, Draw Breath… in Awe at the Miracle of the early morning gift…Each Breath Is A Gift…
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Your memory. Wow. Happy Thanksgiving Christie.
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A beautiful start for today. Happy Thanksgiving David to you and yours 💕
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It is. Happy Thanksgiving Val!
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What a timely and beautiful, tranquil post. I never realised just HOW important your National Thanksgiving is. But I’ve read a lot and I understand. Although, we could be thankful for our beloved ones and all the good in our lives on a regular basis, couldn’t we?
Have a blessed and wonderful Special Day with hopefully your family and children. Seems to be the whole point or isn’t it? And a special Thank You to you for always sending out so much joy, food-for-thought, fun, and great, great short texts.
Sending a cold turkey and a hug
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Smiling. Many (I am one) consider Thanksgiving to be the best holiday of the year…
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And yet, you go running in full battle gear, notwithstanding buttons in ears, the ‘right’ clothing…. I’m exhausted just thinking of you doing all this BEFORE you run 😉
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Oh Kiki, trust me. I was exhausted before I ran. Shocking I didn’t just pack it in.
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well, I was, just reading you!
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or this:
Meaning and purpose come not from accomplishing great things in the world, but simply from loving those who are right in front of you, doing all you can with what you have, in the time you have, in the place where you are. (K. Kenison)
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Yes!
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/vol-au-vent/1341745459/
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Love the Photo Kiki. is it yours? And if so, where?
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Yes, it’s on Flickr, and it was our tiny (but high) house in Lutry, at the shores of Lac Leman (Lake Geneva). We redid the top room completely with a en-suite bathroom and it was hell. Newspapers stuffed into holes of the outer wall and under the windows, plastered over, the papers dating from 1910+… and before I had all the work finished, we moved to France and the buyer enjoyed the labour and hard work.
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So beautiful!
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👍 >
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Happy Holidays Bobby. Hope you and Hallie are doing well.
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